Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, :Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong has assured that all-weather strategic cooperative partnership will further accelerate the building of an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era.He shared his views in his article written on the occasion of celebrating the 10th anniversary of President Xi Jinping’s historic visit to Pakistan with title advance the building of China-Pakistan community with a shared future under the guidance of President Xi Jinping.The ambassador said in April of 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a historic visit to Pakistan.He said the two countries established the world’s first all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, formulated the layout of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and set direction for the leapfrog development of China-Pakistan relations in the new era.Jiang Zaidong said, “Over the past decade, we have supported and helped each other, promoting and upgrading China-Pakistan relations with high-level mutual trust.”He said as President Xi Jinping said, friendship between China and Pakistan is based on trust and mutual support, and we have been devoted friends through both good and hard times. “Our friendship is a pacesetter for amicable relations between countries.”He said that from the joint fight against COVID-19 to China’s post-flood reconstruction assistance to Pakistan after the 2022 flood, we repaid kindness with greater generosity, setting a good example of international relations in the new era, the ambassador added.He said that over the past decade, leaders of the two countries have maintained frequent exchanges. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited China in June last year, Premier Li Qiang visited Pakistan in October of the same year, and President Asif Ali Zardari visited China in February this year.
